Fayette County Courthouse
is located on seventh Street Vandalia, IL. The hours are Monday thru Friday
8am-4pm. Records are available thru the circuit clerk office and county clerk
office for a nominal
fee. The office request snail mail requests only. The information below
is taken from the County Clerks office handout. A big thanks to Fayette County
Clerk & Recorder Terri Braun for gathering this information.

Fayette
County Vital & Land Records Information

Birth
& Death Records: Our
birth records begin in 1877, and few and far between before 1916, when it became
law for the local registrar (then township/municipality clerk) to record the
birth and death certificates occurring in their county and the State of Illinois
Department of health (Vital Records Division) in Springfield, Illinois.

Marriage
Records:
Fayette County's marriage records begin 1821. From 1821 to 1878 these records
show the groom's and bride's name, date of marriage and who performed the
marriage. Beginning in 1878 the marriage record will give more information . . .
ages at the time of marriage, birth places, names of parents, etc.

$ Costs for
Birth, Marriage and Death records: Certified copies are $7.00
for 1st copy and $4.00 for each additional certified copy.
Genealogical copies
care available for $4.00 for each copy and will be stamped "for
genealogical purposes only". Non-certified copies of the
following records may be obtained:

Birth --75
years or older

Death --
20 years or older

Marriage
-- 50 years or older

We do need an
approximate date of the birth, death or marriage record requested. The search we
make will cover a 20 year period . . . 10 years before the approximate date and
10 years after.

We are not
staffed to do genealogical research and especially around election time (in the
spring and fall of each year), we do not have time to do the same. We get to the
requests as soon as possible.

Fayette County
does have an excellent and attractive Genealogical Society and some of the
members will do research of "family Trees" You may contact them
at the following address:

Fayette County Genealogical &
Historical Society

P.O. Box 177

Vandalia, IL 62471

Land
Records:
Fayette County Land Records begin in 1821 and are indexed by Grantor (seller)
and Grantee (buyer). We DO NOT HAVE a tract index. Again we will need an
approximate date for a 20 year search.

$ The
charge for each search of land records is $5.00 and you will receive a copy of
deed or land transaction as requested. Copies cost $1.00/page.

Send
requests for Land, Marriage, Birth and Death records to the following address:

Terri D. Braun

County Clerk and Recorder-Fayette
County

P.O. Box 401

Vandalia, IL 62471

Probate
Records:
Wills, estate records, etc begin in 1834 and are located in the office of the
Circuit Clerk (down the hall and around the corner) . . .the address is: